Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
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Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn was a NBC
made-for-television movie
, that was first telecast on May 16, 1977, and was directed by John Erman
. It was a sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
, which came out the prior year,
Alexander was the last appearance by actress Jean Hagen
, who died August 29, 1977.
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
made-for-television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
, that was first telecast on May 16, 1977, and was directed by John Erman
John Erman
John Erman is an American television and film director, actor and producer.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Erman spent the early years of his career, after a few small roles in films such as The Cosmic Man , directing episodes of such primetime series as Peyton Place, The Fugitive, The Outer Limits,...
. It was a sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway is an NBC made-for-television movie. It premiered on September 27, 1976. The movie is about a 15-year-old girl named Dawn Wetherby who runs away from home to Hollywood, California and becomes a prostitute to support herself. Dawn finds herself taken under the...
, which came out the prior year,
Alexander was the last appearance by actress Jean Hagen
Jean Hagen
-Early life:Hagen was born as Jean Shirley Verhagen in Chicago, Illinois, to Christian Verhagen , a Dutch immigrant, and his Chicago-born wife, Marie. The family moved to Elkhart, Indiana when she was 12 and she subsequently graduated from Elkhart High School...
, who died August 29, 1977.
Cast
- Leigh McCloskeyLeigh McCloskeyLeigh Joseph McCloskey is an American film and television actor.-Career:McCloskey was classically trained as an actor at the Juilliard School in Lincoln Center, New York. As an actor, he is perhaps most widely known for his role as Mitch Cooper on the CBS soap opera Dallas...
... Alexander Duncan - Eve PlumbEve PlumbEve Aline Plumb is an American actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of Jan Brady in the iconic television sitcom The Brady Bunch.-Early career:...
... Dawn Wetherby - Juliet Mills ... Myra
- Jean HagenJean Hagen-Early life:Hagen was born as Jean Shirley Verhagen in Chicago, Illinois, to Christian Verhagen , a Dutch immigrant, and his Chicago-born wife, Marie. The family moved to Elkhart, Indiana when she was 12 and she subsequently graduated from Elkhart High School...
... Landlady - Lonny ChapmanLonny ChapmanLonny Chapman was an American television actor best known for his numerous guest star appearances on detective dramas, including Quincy, M.E., The A-Team, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, and NYPD Blue...
... Eddie Duncan - Earl HollimanEarl Holliman-Early life:Earl Holliman was born at Delhi in Richland Parish of northeastern Louisiana. Holliman’s biological father died before he was born, and his biological mother, living in poverty with several other children, gave him up for adoption at birth...
... Ray Church - Alan FeinsteinAlan FeinsteinAlan Shawn Feinstein is an American philanthropist and former mail-order and Internet promoter.-Early years:Feinstein was born in Milton, Massachusetts in 1931. He grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts....
... Charles Selby - Asher Brauner ... Buddy
- Diana Douglas ... Clara Duncan
- Frances FayeFrances FayeFrances Faye was an American cabaret and show tune singer and pianist. She was born to a working-class Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York City. She was a second cousin of actor Danny Kaye.-Career:...
... Singer - Fred SadoffFred SadoffFred Sadoff was an American stage, television and film actor.Frederick Edward Sadoff was born in New York to Henry and Bertha Sadoff; his only brother was born a few years earlier. He got his start as an actor on Broadway in the late 1940s, appearing in South Pacific in the role of 'Professor'...